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o. 378,076. Patented Feb. 21 1888.

' 'INVENTUR A ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

-ELMER BANGS, OF CORTLAND, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 378,076. dated February 21, 1888.

Application filed June 11, 1887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER BANGS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cortland, in the county of Cortland and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burial-Gaskets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to the class of burialcasket lids which are'designed to be self-supporting in an open position on the casket rectilinearly and at right angles to the casket; and the invention consists ina novel construction and combination of a lid composed of sections adapted to fold one upon the other and to slide on top of the casket, all as hereinafter more fully described, and specifically set forth in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a burial-casket embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a detached plan view of one of the slotted metal plates by which the sliding section of the lid is connected with the casket.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts.

A represents the casket, and G the removable lid thereof. Said lid I divide longitudinally at the center ofits width and subdivide each half thereof into longitudinal sections or panels a b. To. the under side of the outer section, a, I rigidly secure the plate a, which is provided with transverse slots d d, and to the inner edge of said section I hinge the section I), so as to allow the latter to fold over upon the former. To the top edge of the casket A, I rigidly secure guidepins e e, which project through the plates 0 c and are provided with heads above said plates for the purpose Serial No. 240,992. No model.)

gagement of the heads of said pins with the.

upper sides of the plates renders the lidsections seli supporting when in their open posi tion.

It will be observed that myimproved casketlid is simple in construction, convenient inits operation, and when open the lid lies neatly and compactly folded on the top of the sides of the casket.

Having described my invention, whatIclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

The combination, with a burial-casket, of a lid divided longitudinally at the center of its width and each half subdivided into longitudinal sections, the inner sections hinged to the outer sections, transversely-slotted plates secured to the outer sections, and guide-pins projecting from the top of the side walls of the casket and through the slotted plates and provided with heads ahovesaid plates, substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses;

ELMER BANGS.

Witnesses F. J. PEcK, F. O. WALRAD. 

